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The Regnlnr Army.
Jrom the Tribune. I
Congress is about to consider the propriety of
permanently enlarging the togular armj. The
Mil of Mr. Senator Wilcon has been reported,
and when it conies up before Congress we .shall
yrobably enter into its merits. The general sub
ject of a regular army is one ot great interest.
' There are many who believe that we cannot get
along without a permanent regular army of at
least 2(10,000 men, and Congress will be asked to
arrange a system embracing this number. We are
asked to look at the great European nations, and
assured that there can be no greatness of nation
ality unless we have military Strength. Franca
has 404,192 men to support her omplre and keep
Europe on good behavior, at a cost of over
$HO,(M,0,000 annually. Russia keeps her million
ol soldiers at a cost of about $100,000,000, while
England has a standing army of 150,000 men to
watch thp Fenians and Sepoys and butcher the
blacks in Jamaica, at a eowt ol $75,000,0(10. Rus
ia gives one man in 67, France one in 93, Eng
land one ru 195, to torm an army.
Proportionately the Netherlands have the
largest Portugal the smallest arnile3. Europe
"has, combined nearly 3,000,000 men under arms,
at an annual expense of more than $.r00,000,000.
This military organization is little more than
pageantry, and rcprusents.the pride and ambition
of royal houses, Russia wants Turkey and the
Bcandanavlan countries. PniFsitt desires to gob
ble up Deniiiark. Austria must keep Venice and
Jlnngary. . Belgium must preserve her nation
ality. France must occupy the Rhine and med
dle with Mexico and Crcuiu-China and Aluiw",
and make herself generally busy with the attain
f the world.. Spain must repress liberalism
and sustain' the Pope when his eldest son, the
beautiful Ludovician Napoleon, takes away his
bajonets iroiii ncder the pontifical throne.
England must have soldiers lor her German
princes to play with and tor lazy young lords to
command at large pensions. To accomplii-h this
fanfaronade, the labcr of 3,000,000 ot men is ab
sorbed, and $500,001,000 spent every year !
What shall wo do in America? Laying-'aside
the suggestion that stsnding armies aie the
curse .ot Iree governments, let us look at the
thing practicallv. . Whati do we want of am
army T The pacification of the Southern States
is the only purpose now before the Government.
We see that even General Grant is of the opinion
that the time has not come to remove the armies
lrom the South, or even to permit the Southern
militia to possess arms. It Mr. Senator Trum
bull's bill tor the enlaigement oi the Frecdmen's
liureau passes, we must have an army to carry
out its provisions. The-question ariseB, How
many men will it require to do tbis? A military
force in the South must have a moral effect.
We cannot occupy the Southern country in
fact without having a million men. Morally,
one regiment is as good as a corps, and at the
very highest estimute twenty thousand men are
enough to pacify the South. The military force
on the Rio Grande is unnecessary, and only in
vites a collision between the belligerents in Mex
ico. Maximilion is not going to hurt Texas.
When thee men ot war get within the sound of
guns and the smell of powder, they become ram
pant, and may at any time get us into trouble.
An armed neutrality is a menace of war. We
desire to make no such menace now. We want
some regiments to keep the plains open and
make communication sale with the golden coun
tries. Even this may be partially avoided by
doing the Indian justice and dealing liberally
with him.
A regular army of twenty-five thousand men
is, we think, enough for the United States. Lei
us learn a lesaon lrom the last war. The regular
army did as much to help the South a the
North. Even that part of it that remained loyal
was a drag on the moral progress of the war.
The old regular army came as near being an
aristocracy as any institution America ever pos
sessed. All its tnj-tinets, its education, its tra
ditions, were aristocratic. To be educated at
the eipense of the Government, to hold fancy
positions and clamor for additioual pay, was the
sole business of the old array oiticer. When the
war came, he did not want to fight, but, if he
was put in the line, let the fight be perfectly gen
tle.manly. McCiellan and Bucll and Porter em
bodied this West Point regular army spirit.
The fault was" not mer' ly with the men,
. . but the system. If we give a young man of
twenty a sword and bid him go and rule
a hundred others old enough to be his
father, with the mot peremptory ant oppressive
discipline, he will soon believe that all the
world w his command, and acquire tyrannical,
bigoted habits. Y hen the nation arose in its
majesty and sent its sons lrom plough, anvil,
and loom to battle for national rights, this little
knot of lazy pensioners sneered at the volun
teers as cattle and plough-Doys, The cattle and
the plough-boys won the victory. We tru?t there
will be an end of this tailitary policy, or, if it is
a necessary evil, let it beconliued to the smallest
number. We want West Pointers enough to
manage adjutant-general and inspector-general's
offices; to represent the dignity of our country
at dress parades; . to drill and teach recruits.
We do not want a military class. In time of
peace it Is unnecessary in time of war the fight
ing men will come lrom tarm and workshop.
We trust that Congress will legislate on the
theory mat a regular army is a rare luxury, and
that a very little ol it will go a great way.
Thaddcus Stevens Proposed Tax on
Cotton.
From the World.
In the days of Augustus Civsar a decree went
forth that ''all the world should bo taxed." Com
m en t a tors explain to us that the swelling phrase
included only the people of his emphe. In the
year 18G6 ot the Christian era ideas are more mag
mncent. A modern autocrat, Thaddeus, of the
House ot Representatives, intends not only to tax
not only "all the world," in the narrow sense of
the term as used by Cottar, but also "the rest of
. mankind;" not only, as the French say, all the
world and his wife; not only the Parisian belle,
in all the completeness of her daintv toilet: the
tropical ravage in his picturesque costume of a
pair oi spurb, some paint, aud a solitary slurt
collar; out tue dead as well as the living, all,
from the new-born lniant. in its cotton swad
dling clothes, to the pale corpse in its cotton
snrouu.
In advocating an exnort tax iinon cotton. Mr.
Stevens was met at the threshold by a serious
impediment, ine tounaers oi republican govern'
ment on this continent foresaw the iuture d s
cussion of such questions by men of his tpninera.
ment and calibre; they saw that cupidity of one
section of the Union might lead to unjust taxa
tion of the products of other sections; they
thought the tiller of the soil should always have
the legal as well as the natural right to sell to
t he best advantage the productions Nature has
given as the reward of his honorable toil ; and
in 1 he cool deliberations of their unbiassed and
unexcited minds thev made this right a Dart of
the high contract or mutual agreement by which
tax or duty," says the Constitution, "shall be
laid on articles exported trom any state."
This obstacle Mr. Stevens di onuses to over
come by giving universal en tirade to the negro
ircedrnen in the Southern States. He imagines
they will vote in favor ot his tax. He pays a
poor compliment to their intelligence, and kIiows
how much ho really despises them and their
mother wit. For nis proposal is to tax cotton,
the chief product of their labor, ten or twelve
cents a pound, although under the old system of
laoor it was prontaoiy raiseu at six to twelve
rents, and the common price at which it was
sold was ten or twelve cents. Any whose pas
sions permitted him to reason luBtly could per
ceive at once that a fair tri;il o the prescut new
system of labor requires that no burden shall bo
p'accd upon It, At least the labor f toe frecd
men photild bo free. Mr. Stevens seeks a system
ot monopoly ior pcclal interests in the North,
but pioropcs taxation upon, capital and lattor at
the South. II the freedmen would, as Mr. Stc
vens Mipposcs, vote for such an inlury tipon
themselves, we should need no limber proof
that thry are nnworthy of suffrag". Mr. Ste
vens' suspicion is a damaging imputation. The
piinciplehe proposes, changing iti app'lcatlon
only, would Justify a Southern maloiity in tax
rng'flonr, pork, bef, and all the product of the
North to the lull amount of their value when
they are f.xported. . ,
It would have been more lust to propose a
special benefit or bounty on every bale ot cotton
railed than to check the enterprise aud Increase
the dillicnlties of those who are engaged In its
cultivation. The farm of the South are laid
waste, their fences in many regions are de
stroyed, the resources of their people wasted,
a large proportion of their laboring men has
fierlshcd, and very many others are crippled or
n infirm health; an immenpe numtier of their
women and children are destitute of their natural
supporters and protectors; the whole system of
their labor Is disorganized; both laborers and
employers have ditlicuky in changing' their
habits and sentiments so as to meet the change.
Many Northern men have gone South to Invest
their capital, skill, and ettme in the production
ot this great staple; they are inexperienced, and
the negroes whom thev employ have been accus
tomed to work with little intelligence. At this
crisis Mr. Stevens urge an unconstitutional tax
which will ncarlv crush all their effort react
ing, also, upon the North, and depriving it ot
those extensive and profitable markets which
the early and animating renewal of prosperity
at the South would give to the products bf every
dher eection of the Union.
Mr. Stevens has yet full faith in the delusion
which cost the Cotton States so dearly, and led
them into Rebellion; he thinks, as they did, that
"Cotton is King." The South has found out the
fallacy by an expcrlance which Is lost upon Mr.
Heven. The production of cotton iu other
countries has so far increased that a prosperity
very nearly approaching that existing before the
war pervades the manufacturing districts of
Europe. Much of their machinery has been
adapted to a shorter staple than our own.
India, stimulated by Our suspension, has
already completed a large portion of the
enormous system of railroads and ' internal
improvements she had projected, and which
will add much to her production and exports.
When Mr. Morrill, lrom his seat in Con
gress, was refusing to permit lor one year ihe
importation ot team-ploughs Iree ot duty by
agricultural societies, tor purpones of experi
ment, and to use as model, if successful, the
wiser Pacha of Egypt was importing hundreds of
them to prepare the ground, and seize the op
portunity ior tne extended cultivation ot ine
indispensable fibre which probably has now be
come lorevcr a permanent source ot weaitn to
his country. Other nations, also, contribute
their increased quota to the general stock. In
the midst of all this new competition with set
tled torms of society, where labor Is cheap, and
receives only paltry remuneration, Mr. Stevens
endeavors to double by a tax the old cost of
production of the chief crop on w hich we rely
tor foreign exchanges, and a return to a specie
basis.
We need say little of the effect this oppression
would produce upon the minds of the South
erners. In time, they may be led to regard
their personal sutl'erings and the deaths of their
friends, as sacrifices in support ot an error. Mr.
Stevens would arrest the progress of this seuli
ment. He would edueate vheir young and rising
generation in a belief that the cause for which
their fathers had suffered and died wad a holy
resistance to injustice. His proposed tax would
be an expensive experiment, and in the end
would cost us more than the revenue it would
yield.
Mr. Morehead's proposal In Congress to raise
the internal revenue tax on Southern cotton
liom two to twelve cents per pound is little
more than an evasive method of effecting the
same lesult as was proposed by Mr. Stevens,
and is in euect name to ait tne objections
we urge.
Unwearied hatred and the malicious opinion
that communities profit most by injuring others
have led Mr. Stevens to propose thu unconstitu
tional wrong. He would load the South with
special taxes as an indirect method of the confis
cation he desired, but which his country will
not permit.
President Johnson and the Negro Suffrage
Hill in Congress.
From the Ilerald.
The bill sti iking out the word "white" from
the election laws of the District of Columbia,
aod thus, in effect, conferring the right of suf
frage upon all the negroes in the District, without
distinction, limit, or qualification, has passed the
House of Representatives by a two thirds vote.
This bill may be designed merely to frighten the
President from the position which ho has taken
upon the reconstruction question, and the fact
that Mr. Raymond, of New York, has moved a
reconsideration, gives some slight plausibility to
the idea. If such be the design of the radicals
it will prove a failure. The President is not to
be frightened and coerced. On the other hand,
if the bill is to be seriously pressed to its
final passage by the Senate, in our view
oi the Constitution, its adoption will be net-
lectly legal under the recent Constitutional
amendment. That amendment places the freed
negroes in the position ot foreign immigrants,
so lar as the right of suffrage is concerned. Con
gress has .always had charge of the subject of
naturalization, which confers the privilege of
voting upon a class of people who cannot pos
sess it except at the option of Congreas. In the
same way the recent Constitutional amendment
authoiiy.es Congress to pass laws securing to the
freed negroes the benefits of freedom, aui if
Congress sees fit to pass a negro-eunrage law,
embracing all the States as well as the District
of Columbia, we lebeve that no legal objection
can be raited which the Supreme Court will
not overrule. The question ol neero suffrage is,
thcreloie, net one ot legality, but of expedi
ency. As such the President and the country
will doubtless consider it
Whether a two-thirds vote for the House bill
can be relied upon in the Senate is a disputed
point. Should that vote be cast it will, of
course, be usele lor the President to veto the
bill, since the same vote can pass it over his
veto at any time. In that case he will proba
bly return the bill without his signature, thus
throwing the whole responsibility upon Con
gress, and leaving the members to explain
their action to their constituent as they best
can. But if the bill Bhould pass the Senate
without a two-thirds vote we predict that the
President will veto it. In his veto message he
will state his position in regard to negro suf
frage, and as ho understands the whole subject
very thoroughly,' having been born and edu
cated among the non-slaveholdlog wnites of the
South, the country will await this exposition
with the greatest interest. Tha President may
be orposed to negro suffrage upon the ground of
inexpediency; he may be in lavor of granting
the light of suffrage to (the negroes under a
property qualification, as in New York; he
may suggest an educational limitation, or he
n.ay hold that only those negroes who served
in our army duriny the recent Rebellion should
be admitted Be partners with the whites in the
government of the republic. We do not pre
tend to define his exact views upon the sub
jecj but still we venture the prediction that
his veto wi'.l promptly follow the passage of
the 110U6C bill by the Senate, unless that pussagfi
be effected by a two-thirds vote. The .issue be
tween the Pi'esuTcur tmd the radicals will then
be clearly and unmistakably marked, and the
people wi.l nave to decde bctweeu them. We
believe that the t eople are with the President,
and that the thousands who are clalmexl by the
rudici.lo as ardent supporters of a negro sul
trac law, unconditional aud unm-rsul, are just
as mythical u those tlioiibauils of aboli
tion solaiers ho, according to Governors
Andrew aud Yuus, were to crowd the
highways and Ltui.ys as soon as tne eman
cipation proclau ct.i'n was issued, but who
raiuhl lieviT hp iIamvoio1 hv Hit Knvprtm.tmt
J ven r..'t?r repealed traits, We Are quite ready!
therefore, to have the isue made, because we
believe tlint tho President will be sustained. In
deed, lor mar y'raons we deem it better that
Ihe matter should be forced at once to a conclu
sion. The Government is now disorganized
ard divided against ltclf; the progress of re
construction Is impeded, and the country is dis
graced by these squabbles, and suffering from
the unoettl d condition of affair;. Let us have
some definite nettlcnent of the netiro question,
and let the Union be restored without further
delay.
A New rictnie f the French Invasion.
From the Time.
The XonUeur, in commenting on the Presi
dent's message, has taken occasion recently,
under the guise of a New York correspondence,
to prepare the French mind for a change ot tho
Mexican policy in the following manner: .
"This declaration ti. e . of the President' policy)
contains nothing Irreconcliab e with the poller pur
ord b? France in Mexico. When the French tiov.
ernmcnt presented umlt in that country, its objoct
was soely and wholly to enloroe, as the United
Btatet thcmMlvn had previously oone, a whole tones
of Oalms which bad been treated witn lusolont
dUreirard. Cironnutanrei which it was not in the
power of Napolrou III to prnvent, obthrM him to
declare war Sftaint tne (xOTernmAnt wnicn men nnia
powr in Mexico, lhat Government fell; another
bat inccewlod it, pmng from unteertat suffrage.
I ranee u iminraiiy ounvea 10 oeiosa kh.i msur
rettlonal attacks the adniiutm ration which alone conld
secaro the reparation of ber Jim grievances. Ihe
French Cabinet bt shown by all ita aols, as by all
Its ooolrtion, what were the objects It pursued.
It hss 110 aims at coDquent, and it lias taken nothing,
accepted nothing; it desires to rtaln Bothm of the
vsst ppaee occupied by its troop. 1: occupation,
as everyone 11 now fully aware in the United Mates,
is a pnrely temporary one, and will cease with the
caunea that created it.
Affaln. at to the form of government bicb the
Mexicans have at linyth freely hoten, it bas been
frequently rucojrnizcd by the i'edoral Government
iiseit." : '
We submit that this is highly Ingenious, and
must be pre-eminently satisiactory to MM.
Uhevaiicr, ljamartine, and other entnusiastic
advocate, of the "Imperial system." For years
we "have been hearing ol the "Napoleonic ideas"
one of them being the spread of the Latin races
over tho Southern portion of the Western
continent, to counterbalance the over
whelming progress ot the Anglo Saxon
family in the North. The Latin religion
and Latin or French civilization was to elevate
the degraded population of those semi-tropical
countries, and to make the Mexican plateaus
bloom anew with more brilliancy than they did
under Aztec rule. That grand current of trade
which prophetic economists eee a century hence
flowing from China and Japan and India over
the Pacific towards America and Europe, was to
find its rich channels in the new French Empire
of Central America. ' Fiench Mexico was to
become the Venice or Antwerp of a new Oriental
comii'crce. The surplus of French population
was to pour over those lettue plains, ana the
impoverished treasury of the Imperial Govern
ment was to be filled from the inexhaustible
nilncB of Central America.
With two clashing republics on the North Ame
rican continent, nothing was to be feared in in
tervention or invasion from the North, and it
was not improbable that the expected aristo
cratic and slave confederacy would be glad to
sirei'gthen itself by an alliance offensive and de-
tensive with J-rench Mexico. In this golden piC'
ture ot a happy a?e coming to a Napoleonic
Mexico, no mention was ever made ot such low
considerations as Mexican debts and Jecker
bonds. -
All these were forgotten in the harvest of glory
ana goia w nicn tne empire was aoout to reap on
the historic plateaus of Mexico.
But now. alas ! How subdued Is the picture !
The "Latin race" are no longer seen in the fore
ground: "Oriental trade" is lorgotten; coloniza
tion, mining, strengthening of imperial power,
the vast and brilliant future to French occupa
tion are all laid aside. The object of this grand
invasion was simply a kind of sheriffs execu
tionto collect debts and redeem the poor Jecker
ponus. "uircumstances out ot his power to con
trol, etc. etc.," compelled his Imperial Majesty
to invade Mexico. In the unhappy collision the
Mexican Government unfortunately perished,
ana anotner was iormea Dy universal suffrage,
Naturally, then. France felt it necessary to pro
tect the officials who would collect its dents.
The Emperor, of course, inheriting the moderate
disposition of bis family, "has no ambition,"
"wants nothing," will take nothing, and only de
sires a peacetui departure with the results in his
treasury ot his sheriffs levy. The occupation, is
but temporary, and must soon cease, and the
French Cabinet does not desire to retain the
vast spaces which it now "occupies." Yoita
toutl Ibat's all. Here is the whole storv of
this grand and glorious French invasion of
wexico. wiry should we be disturbed at such a
simple and reasonable narrative ?
Even if we should obiect to this new demo
cratio monarchy, chosen by universal suffrage,
we must remember our previous course towards
other monarchical Governments, and not dis
turb this any more than we have others.
How tame aud flat must poor Lamartine and
Chevalier, and other poetic defenders of Impe
riulifm, feel after this cruel letting down of the
"Napoleonic ideas !" Millions spent and thou
sands ot lives sacrificed to collect a few debts, to
enncn a lew dcuhttul speculators and backers !
Ihe "destiny of the Latin" race in America cul
minating in the grand Sherllf s execution of the
nineteenth century and payment of Mexican
doi us :
If these word of the Moniieur foreshadow the
position of lh Imperial Government towards
our own, there seems no great qbslacle to set
tling speedily the Mexican question. Mr. Sewaid
will have no difficulty in accepting this highly
imaginative explanation of the French invasion.
He will give the Impeiial Government credit for
the moBt philosophical moderation and the most
philanthropical purposes in America provided
only they withdraw their bayonets. All that he
asks, all that the people ask, is the withdrawal
of the French the theory of the occupation,
the Napoleonic idea at the "bottom, may be what
it vt ill. When ouce the French ate gone, the
juexicans may govern themselves by monarchy.
empire, republic, or democracy, just as they see
nt. we only claim a tree choice lor the people,
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1 ne una ui win dc tuujccica to special tests, ana
ill bo rejected unless ioitnd to be. in regard to burn
ing and fluidity undtr reduction of temperature, and
in every other respect equal to that of tne standard
aaopieo oy ine uoata, ot wnicn a sample win do lur
mslied on application to the Light-bouse Enineor at
HtMon, HaHfachusotts. -Tbe
casks must be giiaged. nndor the direction and
pet sol ai supervision of tho luspectiug Otfioer, by a
custom bouse or other legally authorized and sworn
gaucer, accoiding to tho united Mates standard, and.
must do marked aud accepted be lore they are re
moved trom tbe cellar or warehouse of tho contrac
tor. The temuerature of the Oil will bo accurate. r
noted, and the measurements reduced to the standard
teu.pcrature ot 00 deg. Fahrenheit, by tables pro.
parea ior me purpose.
1 roposals will be received and considered for each
lot separately, or Ior all ot the los, at tho option of
tne bidder; but no bid will be considered tor a less
Quantity than that specified as one ot. to be de
livered at one time and piaoo. uacn Did must sato
explicitly, written out in run, uie Kind 01 ou onered,
n :i oci iu, u, VI vuiuii un lam la.iuu,
the number of the lot or lots bid tor, and the place of
delivery, coniorming to this advertisement.
cidb subn itted by dimirent members ot the same
firm er copartnership will not be considered.
Tbe Liuht-house Board, nnder the authority of the
Department, reserves tbe right to reject any bid, al-
tnougn it may De the lowest, tor other considera
tions tnnn tne price. ',
No bid will be considered for any other kind or
description ot oil than those specially called ior iu
this advertisement.
A bond, with security to tbe satisfaction of the
Depart ment. in penalty equal to one-fourth of the
amount of each contiact made under these pro
posals, will be required of each contractor, con
oitioied lor the iaithlul performance ot the contract,
to De executed wtoun ten days alter the acceptance
ot tne Did.
Each ofibr must be accompanied by a written guar,
aDtee. signed bv one or mote responsible persons, and
known to tne Depannient as such, or cerulied by a
United States district ludge, attorney, navy agent,or
collector ot tbe customs, to tho effect that, if the bid
be accepted, the bidder will duly execute a contract
in rood faith, according to the pi o visions and teims
of this advertisement, within ten days after accept
ance; and that in case the said party offering shall
tail to enter into the contract as aforesaid, he or they
guarantee to make good the difference between the
offer of the said i arty and the next lowest bidder.
All bids must be sealed and endorsed ' Proposals tor
oil lor L,ight-bouses," aud then placed in another
envelope, ai d directed, prepaid, to the Secretary ot
the Light-bouse Board. Washington City.
All bids will be opened, publicly, at the hour and
on the dav specified.
Payments will be made for the several lots of oil
within thirty days alter they shall have been re
ceived by the united estates.
By order of the Light-house Board
1 11 2Ct ANDREW A. IIARWOOD, Secretary,
f FFXCK OF THE DEPOT QUARTERMASTEU
y XQHTl JLEA VENWORTn, JVANSAS, I
December 19, 18C5. J
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY TRANSPORTATION,
Sealed Proposals will be received at this oiliee until
12 o'clock on the 81st day of January, 1800, ior tin
'.transportation ot Military Supplies during the yea!
l(;t, on tne following routes:
X' 1 L r.T..-AnWMll, T ...min
iiuuiailiii x A' iuiu x una ixaTcuwunu,
and Kiley , and other depots that may be enab.ishcd
during the above year on the west bam of the Mis
souri river, north ot Fort Leavenworth and south of
latitude 42 degrees north, to any posts or stations
that are oi may be established in the Temtories of
Rebraeka, JJacotan, in a no, ano utan, souin oi iati,
tnde 44 degrees north, and east oi longitude 114 do
srees west: and m the Territory of Colorado north
ot 40 degrees north, Biddors to state the rato per
100 pounds per 100 miles at which they will trans
port said noi eh in eacn oi uie mourns iromapruio
si ntrm her ine nsive. of the vear 1806.
RouTit No. 2 Ficm torts Leavenworth and
Kilev, in the btate of Kantas, and the town of Kan
sas, in the State of .Missouri, to anv posts or stations
that are or mav be established in the State ot Kan
fas, er in tbe Territory ot Colorado, south of lati
tude 40 degrees north, drawing supplies trom Fort
Leavenworth; and to Fort Union, N. M., or other
depot that may be designated in that Territory, to
Fort (iar.aad, and to any other point or points on
the route. Bidders to state the rate per 100 pounds
per 100 mnes at which they will transport said stores
in eacn of the mouths tiom April to September in
clusive, ot the year 11:00.
Routs No 8 From Fort Union or such other
depot as may be established in the Territory of New
Mexico, to any posts or stations that are or may be
established in that Territory, and to such pots or
stations as may be designated in the Territory of
Arizona and State of Texas, west of longitude 105
degree west. Bidders to state the rate per 100
pounds per 100 miles at which they wi'l transport
said stores in each of the mouths irom June to No
vember inclusive, of the year 1800.
The weight to be transported each year will not
exceed 10,000,000 pounds on Route No. 1, 15,000,000
pounds on Route No. 2, and 0,000,000 pouuds on
Route No. 8.
No additional percentage will, be paid for the
transportation ot baoon, lard, bread, pine lumber,
shingles, or any other stores.
Bidders should give their names In full, as well as
their places of reudenoe, and each proposal should
l,e accompanied by a bond in tho sum of ten thou
sand debars, signed by two or more responsible
persons, guaranteeing that, in case a contract is
awarued lor the route mention d in the proposal to
tbe parties proposing, the cmitraot will be accepted
and entered into, and good and sufficient security
furnished by said parties, in accordance with the
terms oi this advertisement.
The amount of bonds icqulred from the contrac
tor will be as follows!
0 Route No. 1 $100,000
2 200,000
8 00,000
Satisfactory evidenco of the loyalty aud solvency
of euch biduer aud person ollerod as security will bo
equiied.
Proposals must be Indorsed :
-Proposals for Army Transportation on Route No.
1, -2 or '8 ' " as tho case may be, aud none will be
entertained unless they fullv comply with all the re
quirements of ibis adveitlHOincut.
Parties to yi hem awards aro made must be pre
paren to execttto contraots at onco and to give the
required bouds for the laithiui perlormance ol the
same. . . . ,
Contracts will be mad" subject to tne approval or
the Ouartei mater-Cieneral ; but the right i reserved
to leject any or all bids that may be offered.
Conductors must lie iu readiaes tor service by the
ldayof April, 1KC6 and they will be required to
bave a plate oi ijubiuohs or ageno at or iu the y ici
mtv of Horts lavenworth uud Union, and otliet
depots that may be esiablished. at which they may b
communicated vith promptly ard readily.
By order of the Quarterwaeter "
12 22 3 Colonel and Chief yuartermaste.-.
THE STAMP AfiENCY, NO. 304 CHESNUT
B'l R ET, A OVli TUIJtU, WILL BJS CONTINL'EU
KTiiSot'vPRY PFBCRIPTtOV CONSTANTLY
ON BAN i AND IN AN Y AMOUNT. 11 19
FIFE AND BURGLAR PfOOF 5.AFES
rf HE 1 IKE JN CHESNUT STREET
Letter frcm Wells, Tareo & Co.
$10,000 SAVED IN HERRING'S TATEJJT SAFE.
PniLAPRLrniA. January 1, 1W.
Missus. Fisril, Uibbiko A Co. Gentlemen t We
bave J net opened onrKafa, ane of your manufacture.
wblcb passed through tbe destructive tire m Chesnut
street 'last night. Tbe Safe was In our oaice, Mo. (07,
which building was entirely destroyed. The Has was In
a warm place, ss yon mav well suppose, and was red
Aef when taken oat of the embers. We are well satisfied
with the result of this tual, and find our books, papers,
and some ten thousand dollars In mi ney almost a per
fect as when pat in the Cafe. .Nothing la Injured, It we
except tl e leather bindings of tbe books, .which an
steamed ; the money and papers are as good as ever.
Truly yours,
WELLS, FARGO & GO.,
Per J. II. COOK. Agent
T he abeve Safe can he scan at ear store,
FAMIEL, mUElITQ & CO.,
11 Ho, Kit CHESfcTJT STREET.
gEVERE TJJST OF MARVIN'S SAFE
At Charleston lire, October 18, 1865.
"After removing my sat (one of Marvin Co.'s
Patent i from the ruins, wbeie It bad lain ior virrT
tvbkb Ar tifctrd 10 mienee heat, I oond my books
In a perfte: state of preservation I express my dollvht
and entire satisfaction with the result, aud heartily ad
vise ah to purchase Marvin & Co.'s t-.afes. -
(Signed) m H. CHAF&E."
A fall assortment of the above BAFK3, the only per
fectly dry, as well aa thoroughly flre-proot ones In the
market, for sale by
MAllVIN & CO.,
No. 721 CHESNUT STREET,
(Masonic Hall), rhlla,
No. 2!5 BROADWAY, N. Y.
Dwelling llonse Sales, ornamental t tries.
Safes ol other makes taken in exchange. Bend lor
descriptive circular. 1201m
ANOTHER TEST
BEBBTKG'S FIBL-FECOF BAFEB.
TBE FIEEY ORDEAL PA8BED THIGIIFHAHTLIJ
The Hernf Cafe ased ra the office of our warehouses,
destroyed by the disastieos fire ol the ntaht of tbe 8th
Instant, was subjected to aa Intense heat aa probably
any sale will ever be sabeetcd hi any Are so Intense
thit the hrafs knobs and mountings of the exterior ot
same v. era melted off and the w bole surface sealed and
blistered as If it had bees In a furnace, and yet when
opened ihe eonten is- books and papers weie found to
e entire ana untnjurea
This Hale Is now on exhibition to oar varehouseon
Bcveotb s reet, wl b the books and papers attn remain
big In It luff as it was when taken from Ihe rums. Mer
chants. Bankets, snd others Interested In the BrutecUu
ot their books and sapers are Invited to call and)
amine it J. P. BA i THOLO W,
A gent tor Herring's Ha es,
11 No 5M RF.VTNTH St. Washington. 1. O.
WEATHER STRIPS.
JJ II O W N E ' S
METALLIC WEATHER STRIPS
ARC
WINDOW BANDS
PRETEXT KATIXING OF SASH,
And totally exclude TJust, Noise, and Odor In summer,
as well as Cold, 'Wind, and Bain In winter, from doors
and windows of every description, without interfering
with their free use at all times.
WARRANTED GOOD FOR FIVE YEARS,
. For Circulars, with Trice List, Befctences, Etc.,
address the Metallic Weather Strip Company.
DAVID IT. LOSEY, Solb Agent,
11 23thstn2m No S8 S. riFTH 8TREET, Philatla.
PERSONAL.
IREAT "REDUCTION IN COFFEE. AT
J WILSON'S Tea Warehouse, No. 236 CliKSNUT
street,. ,
30
CENTS. ROASTED RIO COFFEE. AT
W1LSOJ. '8 'lea Warehouse, No. m CUESNOT
Street.
CENTS. BEST BOASTED RIO COFFEE,
yts at wii.nu.ri h, r.o. utj uiiebm ut nireet.
40
CENTS FINEST OLD JAVA, ROASTED,
at w ilkus n, no. tm i iit-nn n cireec
rvi CENT8. BLACK AND GREEN TEA SIFT
I t I KGB, in quantities not less than one pound, at
W1IJ1UJN O.
G
OOD DOLLAR TEA, BLACK AND GREEN,
at wiLSO-trs, o. use cukbwut Htreet.
TEAS AND COFFEES AT WHOLESALE
I prices, at WILSON 8 Tea Warehouse, No. 210
Urii!.r, ut ritreet. una
TIT It TSJFT3 V
FRAME
MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER IN
jjhofojgraph grunts,
BOOKS, BIBLES. PRAYERS.
Magazines, Novels, and all the
New Publications.
CARD, MEDIUM, AND IMPERIAL
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Stereoscopes and Stereoscopic Views.
Pictures of tH kiodi Framed to order.
'If II
i!.i.J
In
r;
. 4
808 CHESTNUT ST. 808
JJ II O W N & , MA GEE,
MANUFACTURERS OF
TRUNKS,
VALISKS
BAGS,
RETICULES,
And all styles ol goo&i suUalilo for
Travellers and Excursionists.
A large stock ot
MOB.OCCO TRAVELLING BAGS
ANO RKTICULE8,
FOR CENTS AND LADIES,
Of oar own Manufacture, suitable for
HOLIDAY PRESENTS.
1128 No. 708 CHEsKUT 8TKK.nr,
J C. P E It K I N
LUMBER MERCHANT,
Successor to R. Clark, Jr.,
No. 824 CHRISTIAN STREET.
s,
Constantly on hand a large a"d varied assortment
of Biulointr Lumber. 6 V4 ly
VKW MUSIC STORE. WILLIAM H
XI BON1B A CO ,
Ho. 1102 THFSNUT Htteet
Tlealen In Airerinn and Foreiun Mimic t Pianos. MelO'
cYoBH.and Mualeal Iimtvuu enlaol a I klnJ alao. aaupe-
llor suaiiif i BUin.s couaiaiiu; vs naiMi- u i u
FINANCIAL.
H 31 O "V T
I
TO
NKW OFFICE.
On MONDAY. fHh lim., we ihnll rn,re from j
temporary Office, ho. 309 CHESNUT street, to oar
liu.ii ttWk
wajrvM( .r
No. 114 S. THIRD STREETj
Wltb greatly enlarged laeiutlos for tne
rtmCIIASE AND SAIIC
OF
GOVERNMENT AND OTHER SECURITIE
And tne transaction of a general Banking bunlneas.
JAY COOKE & C
COJ
nit!
Pnlladelphla, January 1. 1BG&
COPARTNERS FIIP NOTICE. FROM TTlf
date, BXVRT D. COOKE. HARRIS O. FAHK
BTOCK, PITT COOKE, JOHN W. BEXTON. M
GhOBUE C. THOMAS are partners with as In
rumor Jjnr CUOKE a CO., Plillanelnhla.
JAT COOKK.
WM. O. MOOniIEAX!
Philadelphia, Jannary 1, IMS. 1 1 nf
XJ. S. SEC U KIT I
A SPECIALTY.
SMITH, RANDOLPH & C(
BANKERS & BROKERS,
16 S. THIRD ST.
PHILADELPHIA.
3 NASSAU ST
NEW TOKK.
STOCKS AND GOLI
BOUGHT AND SOLD ON COMMISSION.
INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS. 1 2J
: 9HAL
K STOCK BROKER, Vj
KT 0O a mf TTT T om-n-riTim " I
(ROOM No. ).
Government, State, and Other Loan?
and Stocks Bought and Sold
on Commission.
SPECIAL ATTENTION CITES TO 1
GOVERNMENT SEOlJRITIEH
JJARTER, DUMBY & CO
BANKERS,
STOCK AND EXOEANQE BROKER,
No. 55 S. THntD STREET, rHIUDELNIIA. ,
Stocks and Loans bought and sold on Commtsslo
Lncunent Banlc Notes, Coin, Etc., bought and sola
Special attention paid to tho puaohaae and sale 4
Oil Stocks. Deposits received, and Interest allowec
as per agreement. , 121 8m
5 20s-
7'308,
WANTED.
IE HAVEN k BROTHER
No. 40 S. THIKD STREET.
l-T
HAIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
"DAKER'S POPULAR ITAlTt KSTART.IRI
If JdKM The assortment ol UraiHn . In Tnnnoe
Bandeaux. Xaplllons, Kouloaux, Tonaues, Frisej
Crimpses. Ctrl, Iiluelve Beams ior ladle, cannot ll
rquaneu vy any otner nouse in tne uulteu Dlaws, i
prices loverthun elsewhere.
II 8 3m So teat UEhtiTJT Street. Philadelphia.
STOVES RAftGES. &o.
CULVER'
New Patent Deej Sand-Joint 1
HOT-AIR FURNACE.
a
RANGES OF ALL SIZES
Also, Phlegar's New Low Pressure!
Steam Heating Apparatus.
X)K BALM BT
5 4 IT
CHARLES WILLIAMS,
No. 1182 MARKET 8TBEKT.
LIQUORS.
CUES NUT GROVE WHISKY
MEKIT ALWAYS ITS OWH EEWAED.
An article possessing Merit. will always conquer preja
alee, abuse, vilification, and auirht that envj,
hatred, or malice can Impose nponi t
CHESNUT GROVE WHISKYi
Is a strong evidence or the fact Decried by numbenf
for what ilmply if Its merits were known and apprel
elated it could not tall to become popular other tnlnRff
less so In proportion. There la no stimulant giving evt
dense of so much purity as to produoe certificates from
such highly respectable parties as Messrs. Booth, Gar
ret, snd Camao, of Philadelphia; L. B. Chilton, Sew
York t and Dr. A. L. B ayes, Uoston.
For Nervous Debility , aud all diseases requiring a pure.
mild stimulant, there Is nothing like It. For sale by
bottle, demijohn, or barrel, at
11 NO. Kti5 N. TIIIHD STREET.
T NATHANS ' & SONS,
IMPORTERS OF
or
BRANDIES, WINJTS. GINS, Etc.
No. 19 N. FRONT STREET,
PHILADELPHIA.
MOSES NATHANS,
HORACK A. NATHANS.
OK LAN DO P.NATHANS
1 1 (tan
TBIDESBURO MACHINE WORKS J
0. 63 SHOST PTREET,
rniLiunpHiA.
W are prepared to till orders to any extent for Our
wall known
UA( HIKEHT FOB TOTTOK ADD WOOLLEW MILLS,
ine Hiding all recent Improvementa In Caraliia. BuuininZ
and weaviDR. '
Ws Invite tbe attention of manufacturers to our extea-
I ALTBED JZSM B03.